Using WINE Prefixes

Posted by linuxer on Oct 27, 2016 10:32 AM EDT
linuxconfig.org; By Nick Congleton
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It's probably best to think of WINE prefixes sort of like virtual machines. They're not virtual machines, but they do behave somewhat similarly. A WINE prefix is a folder that contains all of the WINE configurations as well as all of the Windows pieces that WINE uses for compatibility, including libraries and a registry. The default WINE prefix is ~/.wine, but different and multiple prefixes can be used.

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